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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with a higher ASE due to a birthday late in the year,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869231
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Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching
Schwager, Robert - 2008
A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298081
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - 2011
We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with a higher ASE due to a birthday late in the year,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304336
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Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching
Schwager, Robert - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097767
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Returns to higher education and dropouts: A double machine learning approach
McNamara, Sarah - 2020
This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389773
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Bildungsdefizite coronabedingter Schulschließungen? Eine bildungshistorische Analyse
Drewek, Peter - 2020
In aktuellen Prognosen der Lern- und Einkommensverluste durch Corona-bedingte Schulschließungen spielen die Kurzschuljahre zur bundesweiten Vereinheitlichung des Schuljahresbeginns bzw. die Verlängerung der Vollzeitschulpflicht von acht auf neun Jahre in den 1960er Jahren eine prominente...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387001
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Transitions from lower track secondary schools into vocational training: Does a detour pay off?
Hillerich-Sigg, Annette - 2020
This paper analyzes the effect of alternative transition paths after grade 9 of German lower secondary school on vocational training. Using a selection-on-observables approach I show that a delayed transition into vocational training after lower track secondary school is not a disadvantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296773
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International student exchange and academic performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Joosten, Wytse; Toivanen, Otto - 2021
International student exchange has become an important part of university-level studies and the EU plans to increase it significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students' academic human capital. Using detailed student-level data from four faculties (Economics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435792
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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany: the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of … social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public … basis of GSOEP and regional data. The results show that the probability of enrolment in higher education is mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297724
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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany: the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of … social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public … basis of GSOEP and regional data. The results show that the probability of enrolment in higher education is mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098073